Pipe attachment.



N. DB MAID.

PIPE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED 0013.27, 1913.

1 98,942, Patented June 2, 1914.

K B L 'W/T/VESS ES Z? 7+ W q m UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NICOLA DE MAIO, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

PIPE ATTACHMENT.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NIOOLA Dn MAIO, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in PipeAttachments, of which the following a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to anew and improved attachment for tobacco pipes,having for its object, among other things, to provide a simple devicethat may be inserted within the bowl of a pipe to hold the tobacco awayfrom the bottom thereof; to provide an absorbent that will prevent thepassage of nicotin through the stem of the pipe; that is adapted to beeasily inserted or withdrawn; and provided with means whereby it may beadjusted for pipes of various sizes; and so designed that the absorbentmaterial will be removed from the pipe with the device itself.

To these, and other ends, my invention consists in the pipe attachment,having certain details of construction and combinations of parts, aswill be hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in theclaims.

Referring to the drawings, in which like numerals of reference designatelike parts in the several figures; Figure 1 is a fragmentary sectionalelevation of a tobacco pipe having my attaclnnent applied thereto; andFig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the attachment complete.

In the embodiment of my invention there is provided a circular disk 1,having one or more openings 2 therethrough, and threaded therethrough,adjacent to the outer edges thereof, is the spring finger 3. This fingeris preferably constructed of flexible wire, terminating at each end inthe eye 55, and, among its other functions, holds the disk within thebowl by a frictional contact with the sides thereof, secures the mass ofabsorbent material 4 to the disk, and provides means for readilyinserting and removing the attachment from the pipe itself. Theabsorbent material f is preferably a small sponge, and is held againstthe plate 2 by the loop formed in the inemher 3 beneath the disk, whichloop is enlarged or reduced in size by a shifting of Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed October 27, 1913.

Patented June 2, 1914:.

Serial No. 797,656.

the relative position of the spring linger 3 with the disk 1.

My attachment is applied to a pipe in substantially the manner shown inFig. 1, with the absorbent material lying against the bottom of the bowland covered by the disk 1, the ends of the spring fingers 3 havingfrictional engagement with the inside of the bowl. The opening '2through the disk, and the open space between the periphery thereof andthe inside of the bowl, are utilized for the draft to pass therethrough.If the bowl of the pipe is of less height than that shown in thedrawing, and it is not desired that the spring lingers 3 should projectabove the top thereof, the position thereof in relation to the disk 1 ischanged so that the eyes 5-5 at the ends thereof are brought nearer tothe same horizontal plane, that is, the eye at one end is moved to alower plane than that shown in l? ig. 1, and. the eye in the other endto a higher plane. This adjustment is accomplished without affecting thehold of the loop upon the absorbent material underneath the disk. A pullexerted by the finger upon one or both of the eyes 5 readily removes theattachment from the pipe.

Minor changes and alterations may be made in the details of myinvention, and I do not therefore limit myself to the exact constructionherein shown and described, but claim all that falls fairly within thespirit and scope of my invention and the appended claims.

lVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In an attachment of the character described, the combination with aperforated disk; of a flexible member connected therewith in such manneras to permit movement thereof in relation to said disk; and an absorbentmaterial secured to said disk by said flexible member.

2. In an attachment of the character described, the combination with aperforated disk; of a flexible member connected therewith in such manneras to form a loop of variable size upon one side thereof; and anabsorbent material secured to said disk by said loop.

3. In an attachment of the character described, the combination with aperforated disk; of a flexible member connected therewith in such manneras to form a loop of Variable size upon one side thereof with projectingends upon the opposite side thereof; and an absorbent material securedto said disk by said loop.

4. In an attachment of the character described, the combination with aperforated disk; of a flexible member connected therewith in such manneras to provide a loop upon one side thereof and the relative lengths ofthe opposite ends thereof upon the opposite side of said disk may bevaried; and an absorbent material secured to said disk by said loop.

5. In an attachment of the character described, the combination with aperforated disk; of a flexible member connected therewith in such manneras to provide a loop of varying sizes upon one side thereof and therelative lengths of the opposite ends thereof upon the opposite side ofsaid disk may be varied; and an absorbent material secured to said diskby said loop.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NIGOLA DE MAIO.

Witness es GEORGE E. HALL, B. M. GHATFIELD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing; the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

